SvennoJ said:
Game_God said:
SvennoJ said:
PenguinZ said:
A good gaming PC has a higher cost initially, but if you look at the long term, then there's certainly a lower cost associated with a gaming PC compared to a console.
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Depends if you stick to Steam sales. New games cost about the same (at least where I live). A PC usually needs an upgrade or two during a console's life span, which offsets the cost of live or ps+. Yet those give you a lot of games as well.
You can trade in or sell console games. Can't with PC games.
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Then you must live in the only country where PC games cost as much as their console counterparts!
The same game on PC is usually $20 cheaper than on console, furthermore on PC you have the modding community that expands the gaming experience of said games & you don't have to pay to play on-line!!!
At the end of 6 years, what you paid extra for games & internet is about $800, with that money I assure you that you can build a very decent gaming rig!
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New games actually cost more. Far Cry 4 on steam here CAD 69.99. Physical in store CAD 67.99
Plus my isp charges me $2 per GB over 80GB a month, makes downloading games not attractive at all. I would have to pay extra for internet for PC gaming. This month I bought about 140GB of physical games, since I'm already down to 15GB left, that would be an extra $250 to download them. (It would be cheaper to upgrade my internet and pay another $180 a year before tax and hope 270GB a month will remain enough, or go for unlimited for $300 extra a year)
So if I switch to PC gaming I would end up paying an extra $1080 or $1800 for internet. That buys a lot of games.
$300 for ps+ for 6 years isn't that bad in comparison, and it's about as much as I can download anyway for digital games.
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Your internet life sucks bro, I feel bad for you...
Here in Europe I pay 40€ for illimited internet, fiber-optic 100Mbit/s of download, 25Mbits/s upload!
Here I found Far Cry 4 for PC @ 29,99€ http://www.allkeyshop.com/blog/buy-far-cry-4-cd-key-compare-prices/
while the PS4 version costs 55,83€ http://jeux-video.fnac.com/a7431512/Far-Cry-4-PS4-Jeu-PlayStation-4
So my point remains, playing on-line on PC is free, not on PS4 & X1, & games are cheaper on PC, after 6 years of gaming, buying only 4 games a year you keep 800€ in your pocket by choosing PC over console, belive me a 800€ rig blows out of the water any console performance wise!
